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http://www.allleftturns.com/daytona-500-win-lose-or-draw/#commentsMon, 24 Feb 2014 14:01:25 +0000Dan Farkashttp://www.allleftturns.com/?p=684109 The race is finally over. The partying in Daytona may continue all week, but Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Great American Race, cemented his Chase status after one week, shut up his critics and proved himself to be a real contender to win the 2014 Sprint Cup. There can’t be a bigger winner from [...]

The partying in Daytona may continue all week, but Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Great American Race, cemented his Chase status after one week, shut up his critics and proved himself to be a real contender to win the 2014 Sprint Cup. There can’t be a bigger winner from the weekend.

Still, there are others who will feel the impact of Daytona for months to come. Here’s a quick breakdown, Bert Convy style.

Win: Denny Hamlin

Hamlin excelled in qualifying, won the Sprint Unlimited, won a shootout and finished second. Oh yeah, Hamlin didn’t have a spotter for most of Sunday because of audio issues.

Great week for our @FedEx team. Never ever been as un-excited to finish 2nd. Really needed my boy @3widemiddle those last 3 laps.

Hamlin has a dreadful 2013 but seems to be refreshed mentally and aligned with his team. For Hamlin to “wing it” and almost win Daytona would have been movie script material.

Lose: FOX

Six hours of delays is a disaster for anyone broadcasting a live event. Kudos to FOX for trying to extend its coverage as much as possible. But the confusion caused by showing last year’s race is inexcusable, especially when the FOX News reported that Jimmie Johnson won the race. So much for every race being unique.

It’s also difficult for FOX to gloss over its own nightly programming to run the race at 8:30, showing empty stands as visuals because many fans had to leave. Plus, the race ended after 11 which means many kids didn’t see their favorite driver win the sport’s biggest race. While the broadcast itself was fine, FOX has had better days.

Draw: NASCAR

It’s most popular driver won its most popular race. The good news is ESPN is covering the victory as its lead the day after the Olympics ended.

In this day and age, nobody will ever bat 1.000 in the social space. But an amazing moment happened at Daytona last night. It’s one that will own the focus of national media for the next few days. Let’s see how the #88 and NASCAR’s media team make the most of it.

]]>http://www.allleftturns.com/daytona-500-win-lose-or-draw/feed/0Larry McReynolds Goes Off Messagehttp://www.allleftturns.com/larry-mcreynolds-goes-message/
http://www.allleftturns.com/larry-mcreynolds-goes-message/#commentsThu, 16 Apr 2009 23:31:16 +0000StephenCredit to Larry McReynolds and FOXSports.com for giving the popular, well-known broadcaster the license to criticize NASCAR. Even more credit to Larry Mac for not only suggesting that all is not well in NASCAR-land but that the sanctioning body would do well to heed the fans' unhappiness.

Credit to Larry McReynolds and FOXSports.com for giving the popular, well-known broadcaster the license to criticize NASCAR. Even more credit to Larry Mac for not only suggesting that all is not well in NASCAR-land but that the sanctioning body would do well to heed the fans’ unhappiness.

In the grand scheme of things, that you have public voices for two of NASCAR’s broadcast TV partners saying completely different things probably isn’t of any great consequence. But, well, for whatever reason, I thought this was funny:

In the blue corner, you have FOX’s Larry McReynolds who is here to tell you that it’s early yet, we’re still only two races in, there’s a lot of racing left and now is not the time for Dale Earnhardt Jr. or Jeff Burton to panic about making the Chase.

And in the red and orange corner, you’ve got ESPN.com’s David Newton, who tells us in no uncertain terms and without a doubt that now is definitely the time for Junior and Burton, among others, to starts pushing the panic button.